curses -- getxy() error

[k33rni at gmail.com]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> post the exception traceback here[...], we can show you how to analyze it to
> determine for yourself exactly what the problem is

true, remember that for the future. and that goes to everybody asking
questions here. thing is, I've done enough curses programming (in both
Python and C) to see this particular issue immediately, without the
need for a traceback. :)